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The Manitoba government has teamed up with the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation to launch a new program helping youth build skills and giving them experience.

The new After School Leaders program will provide mentorship and internships to children from high-needs communities through practical work experience.

Created with feedback from crime consultations held earlier in the year, the program will start in January with students from five Winnipeg high schools — Argyle Alternative, Children of the Earth, Churchill, Elmwood, and St. John’s. Plans for expansion into other schools and communities will be made in future years.

Also announced was the creation of an After School network, a network of organizations that will offer after-school and summer activities to tens of thousands of Manitoba youth.